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Sarah El Deeb

Rebel fighters search men who fled from Islamic State-controlled areas, upon their arrival in the northern Syrian rebel-held town of Waqf, near al-Rai town, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, September 29, 2016. (Reuters)

Fighting ISIS in Raqqa will likely be more difficult than the battle for Mosul

Sarah El Deeb